By Associated Press
Cullman, AL – The son of an Alabama legislator is one of two men charged with arson and attempted burglary in what Cullman County authorities say is an investigation of suspicious fires in the Hanceville area.
Cullman County Chief Sheriff's Deputy Tony Quick says 20-year-old Jerrod Heath Fite and 19-year-old Justin Craig Blanton were arrested and charged with arson and burglary. Fite was released on bond over the weekend. Blanton is being held in the Cullman County Jail.
Fite is the son of Representative Lea Fite, a Democrat from Jacksonville.
Lea Fite said Wednesday that he has talked to his son and told him to remain positive.
Jerrod Fite and Blanton are students at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville.
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